Two good articles by journalist Dahr Jamail, examining the foreign oil company situation in Iraq, and the country's overall devastated condition as a result of 2003-2011.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/12/2011122813134071641.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/01/20121411519385348.html
